The panelist on the TV show was comparing the financial status of the tech company Apple with the economic position of Pakistan.

When the panellist said, "Alone Apple's business amounts to more than the whole of Pakistan's annual budget".&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspTwitter

Islamabad: Much to the amusement of people on social media, a Pakistani news anchor on Thursday confused the technology behemoth Apple Inc to the fruit ‘apple’ during a discussion that was live on air.

The panelist on the show was comparing the financial position of the tech company with the economic position of Pakistan. “Apple’s business is so much more than even Pakistan’s budget,” the panelist said.

To that, the anchor responded by saying, “Yes, I have heard that apple’s (fruit) business has been thriving lately and there are various varities of it.” The anchor has been since then trolled on social media for not understanding the context of the discussion.

A Pakistani journalist had posted the video of the news bulletin on social media platform Twitter on July 4 and it went viral instantly. The panelist responded to the anchor’s oblivious statement by saying, “I am talking about the Apple company, not the fruit.”

Twitter users immediately reacted to the video by pulling the leg of the anchor, with one user calling it ‘news channels or comedy show. Another user said “that is why people say an apple a day keeps the doctor away but they don’t say psychiatrist away”.

While one user took digs at Pakistan’s media hygiene by saying ‘Level of Journalism in Pakistan!!’, another user said “Poor anchor still thinking about grocery after the show”, according to a report by news agency ANI.

Some also came to her defence by saying that had the panelist been more articulate with his remark, the anchor would not have been confused with the statement. “It is the guy who failed to qualify his argument properly! Just apple means fruit!” a user said.

Pakistani media has lately become an object of thrall on the social media, with a minister in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region streameded live a meeting by accidentally putting the cat filter live on social media.

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